Aveanna Home Health

The agency failed to follow a Plan of Care established and periodically reviewed by a physician or notify the physician of the need to vary frequency of visits or inability to perform treatments/services as originally ordered on the Plan of Care for 4 of 5 sampled patients with missed visits…

The agency failed to provide individualized and specific written patient care instructions from a registered nurse to agency home health aides for 3 of 4 sampled patients receiving home health services (Patients #1, #2 and #4).

The agency failed to ensure accurate completion of all components comprising the Plan of Care, including all supplies/equipment used by the patient for 4 of 5 sampled patients (Patients #1, #2, #3 and #4).

The agency failed to ensure home health aides provided care to agency patients only as ordered by the physician, permitted under state law and/or as directed by the skilled professional assigning the home health aide to the patient for 1 of 4 sampled patients receiving home health aide services…

The agency failed to ensure registered nurses supervising home health aides maintained documentation of a review of all required supervisory elements including following the patient plan of care, maintaining open communication with patient/caregiver, demonstrating competency of all assigned tasks…

The agency failed to ensure the accurate completion of all components comprising the Plan of Care for 2 of 5 sampled patients (Patients #1 and #5).

The agency failed to provide treatments or services as ordered by the physician and per the Plan of Care for 2 of 5 sampled patients (Patients #4 and #5).